There is no such thing as off-the-clock social media. So declared Eric B. Meyer , attorney at Dilworth Paxson LLP, in his SHRM 2014 session, “Social Media: Practical Guidance from the Youngest Attorney in the Room.” His point being that job seekers...

What it Means to Become a Social Business
Social business empowering people, empowering your business. It helps you create exceptional customer experiences, build a smarter workforce, and compete with the world's best. To become a social business...

What scares Dracula about being social?
Keith Brooks, Social and Collaboration Practice Leader, VoiceRite
Fear is a strong motivator, sometimes for change and other times for stagnation. Even if you’re afraid to move forward,...

Curbing your social media habits once a week
Keith Brooks, Social and Collaboration Practice Leader, VoiceRite
Imagine you are on an island in the Caribbean, cold drink in hand, sun shining down on you, and your family and friends are...

Why my account got suspended on Twitter
Ben Martin, IBM Social Business Enablement Leader UKI
I woke on Friday morning to no new followers and no retweets, and a feeling of withdrawal kicked in from my addiction to social. (See my post...

IBM Study Points to CMO, Marketer of the Future, as Customer Experiences Remain Top Priority
IBM’s new survey of marketing professionals finds that chief marketing officers (CMOs) are differentiating their brands by crunching big data in real-time...

Keith Brooks, Social and Collaboration Practice Leader, VoiceRite
@LotusEvangelist
Could Darth Vader have won instead of the Rebels? Could it be that a strong network of Sith Lords could control the masses through social media efforts...

How social media helped avoid a vacation photo crisis in Africa
By Adam Smye-Rumsby, Client Technical Professional, IBM Collaboration Solutions
As the flight attendants threaded their way through the packed cabin in final preparations...

I always look forward to attending IBM conferences, in part because they are some of the few times during the year when I have an opportunity to meet face to face with the people that I work with.
For those of you who don’t know me (I typically...

Social Buzz talk series: The value of social
By Donna Bieg, IBM
Attending IBM Connect? Take a break and recharge your mobile device in the Social Cafe, while listening to short informative social talks by industry leaders from TechCrunch, Deloitte...

IBM and the Australian
Open Mark 20 Years of Serving a Winning Advantage to Tennis Fans
IBM recently announced that
new technologies will enhance the Australian Open experience for fans, players
and coaches. Marking 20 years of technology...

Social Sentiment: Are You
Listening?
As social media tools become
more prevalent, those participating in the online conversation become
increasingly influential, especially as their opinions travel faster and to a
wider group of consumers. The IBM...

Collaboration in the organization – a social business
One of the biggest buzzwords these days is
‘social media’. Everyone talks about how it’s important to consider a social
media strategy and how their business can be present on Facebook,...

By Joyce Davis
IBM Collaboration Solutions community manager
This week's IBM Collaboration Solutions community webcast was filled with excitement as 2,000 participants joined in to watch Ed Brill , director of Social Business and Collaboration...

By Joyce Davis
IBM Collaboration Solutions community manager
Our monthly IBM Collaboration Solutions community webcast is an opportunity to connect those who are passionate about social business. Social Business Manager Kevin Winterfield joined our...

Spotlight Your Personal Best in Social Business
By Brandi Boatner, Digital Experience
As the world watched thousands of athletes achieve their personal best through hard work and dedication, Olympic fans were able to share in every...

IBM Introduces New Class
of Network Security Appliance to Help Control Social Media and Web Browsing
Risks
As employee access to the Web has become
ubiquitous, enterprises are struggling with massive increases in malware as
well as Advanced Persistent...

The 5 W’s of Twitter Chats
By Katie Keating,IBM Cloud Social Business Manager
Perhaps you’ve seen them pop in and out of your stream on Twitter, or maybe you’ve participated in one, but there’s no doubt Twitter chats have become a popular...

IBM Launches New Class of
Analytics Software To Improve Decision Making
IBM recently announced new predictive analytics
software that automatically correlates and analyzes big data to help clients
embed hyper-intelligence into every business...

David Jarvis Client Insights, Senior Consultant Center for Applied Insights It is well known that social media holds a great deal of promise for the enterprise, but many executives and others are still struggling to get over the potential security and...

Son in Space: How Social Media Helped Send My Son into Space
By Carol Sumner, BM Senior Accelerated Value Leader
@Sumnercl1
On May 31, SpaceX, a commercial space company, is scheduled to bring home the first private space...

Come over to the Social Playground at the Solution Center and watch ImpactTV being filmed live in front of a studio audience. ImpactTV hosts: Scott Laningham and Todd Watson Welcome to Impact 2012 5:00 pm Mike Rhodin Senior Vice President IBM Software...

The Social Media Wars (Part 2 of 2)
By Holly Nielsen, Social Media Manager and Webmaster, Human Ability and Accessibility
In the Social Media Wars (Part 1 of 2) I defined the terms of social media, social networking and social business,...

In response to: Social Media Tutoring for Execs
"I don't know what to share" is a common argument against posting
status updates by novices in the online social space, but not very
valid one in my book. If you don't know what to share, read what
others have...

Social Media Tutoring for Execs
by Carol Sumner, IBM Senior Accelerated Value Leader
One of the best things about a social enterprise is the open communication between different levels in the hierarchy. Primarily this happens through...

The Social Media Wars (Part 1 of 2) By Holly Nielsen Social Media Manager and Webmaster, Human Ability and Accessibility
The world of online social media and networking is fast-moving and fluid. New applications and platforms are released daily. Thousands...

How my day has changed since becoming a social employee
By Carol Sumner, IBM Senior Accelerated Value Leader
I've been doing my current job, Accelerated Value Leader, for about eight years (it hasn't always been called that). I know...

T he Dutch Circle Party
by Femke Goedhart, Business Consultant, Silverside
I love how cultures have their own unique peculiarities and coming from the Netherlands I dare say that our Dutch culture has its fair share. One of...

Insights from SXSW Interactive: The Social Web Levels the Playing Field for Small and Big Business by Kathy Mandelstein, Director, WW Demand Programs
Last week I spoke on a SXSW Interactive Panel with friend and SMB marketeer, Jason...

Preparing Youself for Social Media Week...
Using LinkedIn for Business
By Ben Martin, Social Business Enablement Leader UKI
The question I ask many sellers is, do you research your client before making contact?...

With 2011 drawing to a close, I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has spent time reading the IBM Software Business Partner Blog this year. In addition, what better way to celebrate the year end by counting down our top five most...

By Kathy (Kat) Mandelstein, Director of Worldwide Marketing, Web and Events, IBM Collaboration Solutions & Social Business Last week I was the guest for the #bizforum twitter chat debate on “ Is Social Business Inevitable ?”. Even though both...

By Todd "Turbo" Watson E-Relationship Manager, IBM Software Group Remember the logo, that curvy red “e” that mimicked the “@” symbol, which
came to represent what IBM meant by the idea of “e-business” back in the late
1990s? Well, imagine replacing...

By Colleen Burns Social Media Strategist The staff at SXSW wants to know what kind of topics we want to hear at their event next March. So my team really needs your help in this year’s voting process! But first - if you aren’t...

Social media is not an end in and of itself. It's just one tool in the broad range of options you have available in your business toolkit that can help you accomplish your goals. When I've talked to business partners about social...

Introduction by Colleen Burns, Social Media Manager Vacations, emptier parking lots and interns – these are the signs of summer at IBM in Armonk! I have been so lucky to work with two interns this summer – Rachel Alexander and Caroline...

Since we launched our Getting Started with Social Media Portal on PartnerWorld, I've talked with many IBM Business Partners at face-to-face events, on the
phone and through my social networks about how these resources can help
you build out...

Are you interesting in learning about how you can use social media more effectively to market your business? If so, this webcast series is for you. Based on the overwhelming popularity of the series, Making Sense of Social Business...

A few short years ago, the developing social networking space was regarded as somewhat of a curiosity. Many organizations looked on with some indifference as social networking sites such as Facebook started to emerge. But all that has changed dramatically in a...

Social media holds enormous potential for companies to get closer to customers and, by doing so, facilitate increased revenue, cost reduction and efficiencies. But first, companies need to understand what customers value most, especially when they are in the...

Can
social media be used to increase the creativity and performance of a business
model? My experience so far in this space shows a solid connection between
these two domains. I see social media
addressing 3 key areas, i.e. connectedness,...

It's January -- the beginning of a new year, and we've just held our annual IBM Software Business Partner Kickoff ;
a global experience comprised of both virtual and face to face events,
where IBM Business Partners can join us for an overview of...

As the world becomes more instrumented, interconnected and intelligent and the population continues to embrace social computing, today’s enterprises face the dawn of a new era – the era of the Social Business. Just as the Internet changed the marketplace...

Customer intimacy, that Holy Grail of Customer strategy, has recently taken on a new reality with the proliferation of mobile broadband, social media & social networks, as well as the growth of customer analytics. But just knowing things about customers –...

The days of emailing big boring decks of PowerPoint slides are over. (If they aren’t yet over for you, they should be.) To be fair, a lot of PowerPoint users just don’t execute it well – too much text, ugly, boring templates, not enough graphics. Most of the...

Thorsten Zoerner
This years
Information On Demand Conference is the
first time where I will be part of the staff and not one of the
speakers. Mainly because pre-event I cared about the social
networking activities around the event. I envisioned to...

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